WAEC assures conduct of July 2024 BECE despite government debt
The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it will administer the 34th edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as scheduled despite the debt owed them by the central government.
A WAEC spokesman, John Kapi in an interview monitored by Thisterm.com said that the government had recently disbursed GH55.8 million towards the owed amounts, sufficient to cover the costs associated with conducting the examinations.
“We can assure everybody that on the 4th of July, we had begun to dispatch our staff to the various, examination centres where they are going to keep depot and also to organise examination. So, yes, we are giving the assurance that the exams will come on as planned
So far, we received about 55, 800, 000 from the government, and that is adequate for us to be able to, conduct the examination successfully. For now, whatever we received is, with regards to BECE
So, certainly, we have enough funds for us to be able to conduct the examination. And as I indicated earlier, plans are far advanced for the release of, you know, more funds to enable us, you know, go through the process and, you know, release the results,” he stated.
According to WAEC, a total of 569,095 candidates representing 282,648 males and 286,447 females from 19,506 private and public Junior High Schools will sit for the BECE for School to start on Monday, July 8, and next Monday, July 15, 2024.
Regarding BECE for Private Candidates, the West African Examinations Council in a statement sighted by Thisterm.com said about 1,366 candidates, comprising 735 males and 631 females are expected to participate in the examination.
A total of 2,123 supervisors, 1,889 assistant supervisors and 19,973 invigilators according to the Examinations Council have been engaged to ensure the smooth conduct of the BECE for School to be held in 2,123 centres nationwide.
For the national examination for Private Candidates, the not-for-profit-making organization said fifteen (15) centres, mainly in the regional capitals will be used for the Basic Education Certificate Examination for Private candidates.